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"I was about to refer to the nervous attack from which Blanche has suffered this morning," he said. "May I ask whether you have been informed of the cause to which the attack is attributable?" "There!" exclaimed Lady Lundie with a sudden bound in her chair, and a sudden development of vocal power to correspond.
If this fact could be proved, on the testimony of a disinterested witness, the case against Arnold would be strengthened tenfold; and Lady Lundie might act on her discovery with something like a certainty that her information was to be relied on. After a little consideration she decided on sending a messenger with a note of inquiry addressed to Arnold's steward.
Inchbare showed in not Lady Lundie, but Lady Lundie's maid. The woman's account of what had happened at Windygates was simple enough. Lady Lundie had, as a matter of course, placed the right interpretation on Blanche's abrupt departure in the pony-chaise, and had ordered the carriage, with the firm determination of following her step-daughter herself.
In those words he closed the trap which he had set for his sister-in-law, and waited to see what came of it. A thoroughly spiteful woman, thoroughly roused, is capable of subordinating every other consideration to the one imperative necessity of gratifying her spite. There was but one way now of turning the tables on Sir Patrick and Lady Lundie took it.
The surgeon interposed before Sir Patrick could appeal to him. "Mr. Brinkworth's interest in the young lady a little exaggerates the state of the case," he said. "I have seen her, at Lady Lundie's request; and I can assure you that there is not the slightest reason for any present alarm. Miss Lundie has had a nervous attack, which has yielded to the simplest domestic remedies.
It was a very dangerous beast. 'Might have frightened your children into fits. All the organ-grinder's fault! A most lucky thing these gentlemen caught it when they did. I hope you aren't badly mauled, Sir Christopher?" An ass would have introduced Lord Lundie and they would not have believed him. It took the trick.
"Tomling, Sir Christopher Tomling, the South American engineer who built the " "San Juan Viaduct. I know," said Penfentenyou. "We ought to have had him with us.... Do you think a monkey would climb the tree?" The organ-grinder at the gate fenced his beast with one arm as Jimmy-talked. "Don't show off your futile accomplishments," said Lord Lundie. "Tell him it's an experiment. Interest him!"
There was no false pride in the resolute attitude which she thus assumed after her husband had forsaken her. Mrs. They lived with Lady Lundie until the mother was strong enough to carry out the plan of life which she had arranged for the future, and to earn her bread as a teacher of singing. To all appearance she rallied, and became herself again, in a few months' time.
Two persons were seated together in the room: they were Anne Silvester and Sir Patrick Lundie. The opening conversation between them comprising, on one side, the narrative of what had happened at Perth and at Swanhaven; and, on the other, a statement of the circumstances attending the separation of Arnold and Blanche had come to an end. It rested with Sir Patrick to lead the way to the next topic.
My uncle doesn't agree with you, I'm sure." Sir Patrick's interest in the first quadrille became almost painful to see. "Do tell me, my dear, when is the dancing going to begin?" "The sooner the better," interposed Lady Lundie; "before Blanche picks another quarrel with me on the subject of Miss Silvester." Blanche looked at her uncle. "Begin! begin!
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